Hasbo Says: We’re Super Safe
In a move full of bravado and extreme cockyosity, CNN Money is reporting that Hasbro is taking out a full page ad bragging about how they have been completely unaffected by the rash of lead paint recalls. Hasbro CEO Alfred J. Verrecchia said, “Our standards meet or, certainly in the lead paint case, exceed the federal standards, and we have a very robust testing and inspection process in place to ensure that those standards are being adhered to. We believe that’s why we’ve avoided the recalls.”
That’s all nice, but I think there has to be a little luck involved with avoiding the dangers of dangerous overseas toys. I can’t imagine that any of the companies effected by all this mess imagined that their partners in China were lying to them about what’s in their toys.
Good on Hasbro though for having both the quality control standards and a little bit of luck on avoiding the latest trend of endangering children, especially since they haven’t had any embarrassing recalls… yep… it’s not like they weren’t involved in multiple high profile cases at all:
Oh yeah, there was that whole thing with the Easy Bake oven trapping children’s fingers and cutting them off before burning them. Hasbro, I love you guys to death but it’s kind of hard to brag about having super safe toys when you’ve had some… ah hem… problems… in the past.
toys, toy recall, Easy Bake Oven, Hasbro
November 30th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Best way to tempt fate. Ever. Pretty ballsy, Hasbro.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Bold words…lets pray they can back it up.